1650s
15.7 × 13.8 cm (6 3/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. J.F. Tuffin (Lugt 2408b), probably sold [through his sale, Sotheby's, London, March 1-6, 1821, lot 39]. Herman de Kat, sold [Rotterdam, March 4, 1867, lot 61]. Neville D. Goldsmid, The Hague (Lugt 1962), sold [through his sale, Paris, April 24, 1876, lot 28]. Dr. Nicolaas Beets, Amsterdam, by 1938 [1]. H.L. Larsen, by descent; to his widow, Suzanne Larsen-Menzel, Wassenaar, later Mrs. Frank E. Brower, Beverly Hills, CA, sold [through her sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, November 6, 1947, lot 2]. Eric H.L. Sexton, Rockport, Maine, by descent; to his heirs. [Christie's, New York, January 24, 2001, lot 170]. [Bob Haboldt, Paris], sold; to George Abrams, 2002, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023 [1] Beets is listed as the owner in Von Moltke, 1938-39.
Opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment adhered to panel; thick framing line in brown watercolor
17th centuryDutchBrown oil-based ink monotype, extensively burnished, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBlack chalk, black ink, and gray wash, with a framing line in black ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchRed chalk on light tan antique laid paper, mounted overall to a pink mount
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in black ink
17th centuryDutchBistre and blue wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, gray wash on antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray-brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray-brown wash on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryDutchBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
17th centuryDutch